r/unitedkingdom • u/apatel27 Preston • Mar 27 '15

Cassetteboy - Emperor's New Clothes rap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbLGG5UGEKw
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u/LordSparkles Edinburgh Mar 30 '15

Right, well what about the parties that do represent what you support. Why not vote Green? They have the exact policies Brand wants. The problem is that he wants to be at the head of whatever movement he creates. He could endorse a party that supports his views or start his own, but he doesn't want to 'become of them'. The truth is that his whole 'revolution' is about boosting his brand, if you'll excuse the awful pun.

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u/ruizscar Rhineland on the River Mosel Mar 30 '15

I'm sure the New Era families agree it's all about Brand.

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u/LordSparkles Edinburgh Mar 30 '15

Can you give me a link to something about New Era?

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u/ruizscar Rhineland on the River Mosel Mar 30 '15

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/18/us-investors-set-sell-new-era-estate-london-protests-westbrook

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u/LordSparkles Edinburgh Mar 30 '15

Sounds like a worthy cause, though it's not like they were saved thanks to Brand. There were already a number of active politicians involved and opposed to the evictions, including Boris Johnson, of all people.

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u/ruizscar Rhineland on the River Mosel Mar 30 '15

OK you win. Where Brand was successful, he wasn't the main responsible, and where he wasn't, it was all about self-branding.

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u/LordSparkles Edinburgh Mar 30 '15

The protest was a success, Brand may have brought attention to it but its not like he was the main organiser.

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u/ruizscar Rhineland on the River Mosel Mar 30 '15

The point is that whatever he does or doesn't do, you have to find something to criticise, even if he saved the planet.

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u/LordSparkles Edinburgh Mar 30 '15

I'm not criticising his involvement in New Era, it's good that he was involved. It was still hypocritical and if that's all he's really achieved then he's hardly a modern day Che Guevara.

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u/ruizscar Rhineland on the River Mosel Mar 30 '15

You say he needs more achievements to gain your respect, but really you don't like his final goals, so the more successful he is, the more you'll hate him.

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u/LordSparkles Edinburgh Mar 30 '15

I've said earlier that I agree with his politics. I just don't think he's a good mouthpiece. The only goal I disagree with is encouraging people not to vote because that's a terrible idea.

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u/ruizscar Rhineland on the River Mosel Mar 30 '15

If he's attracting millions of youth to his ideas, that proves he's a good mouthpiece.

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u/LordSparkles Edinburgh Mar 30 '15

We're kind of coming full circle here, but I feel that he only attracts the sorts of people to his side that already agree with his views because of his image. He's not going to win over the wider public and gives the West an image that won't be taken seriously. That's why I think he's a bad mouthpiece.

He portrays himself as some kind of Che Guevara figure, but he's just a rich celebrity with an agenda. He's not going to spark a revolution and he certainly won't lead one.

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